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  • How To Get Family To Declutter

    How to get your family to declutter

    Today I am going to talk about how to get family to declutter.  One of the most common questions that I receive is how to get family members on board with decluttering.  This must be a very common problem from the amount of questions I get. When I first started decluttering I didn’t think too much about my family or what they thought.  I just started decluttering my items focusing on my clothes and the household items I am in charge of.  It sounds selfish, but I thought starting with my stuff was the best way.  My closet was number one on my list, by decluttering my stuff I was…

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    Christmas time

    Christmas Is Over – Ready For the New Year

    December 28, 2018
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    Closet Decluttering Results – Closet Before & After

    February 8, 2019
    DECLUTTERING QUESTIONS

    Declutter – End of Year Clutter Audit

    November 12, 2018
  • 10 Lessons I Learned After a Year of Decluttering

    10 lessons I learned after a year of decluttering

    Here are 10 lessons I learned after a year of decluttering. Yes It took us over a year to declutter our home. I had never heard of the word “declutter”, until a few years ago.  I must have been living under a rock!  Today I am sharing 10 lessons I learned after a year of decluttering.  Yes of course we cleaned out our “stuff” when we didn’t need it anymore, but I had never analyzed everything in my life before.  In 2011 I moved from New Zealand to California.  We whittled all of our items down to four pieces of luggage.  I had debated shipping some items to California, but…

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    5 Simple Decluttering Tips

    October 26, 2018
    How to get your family to declutter

    How To Get Family To Declutter

    November 7, 2019
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    Decluttering and Organizing With My Mom

    December 6, 2019
  • Decluttering Help – Helping a Friend Declutter

    Declutter Help

    One of my friends asked me for some decluttering help.  See how we transformed her room below.  I was surprised someone asked me for some decluttering help.  I honestly never thought of going and helping with a declutter.  This was such a fun project so I am happy she asked!  When I first stepped foot into her room, I didn’t think it looked that bad.  There were a lot of shoes on the floor, but besides that, there wasn’t that much stuff.  As we opened the closet I could see that we could easily organize everything to fit a little better. Since her room wasn’t that big I thought it…

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    Seasonal Declutter

    What Is A Seasonal Declutter?

    October 17, 2019
    How to organize hall closets quickly and easily

    How To Organize Hall Closets – Quickly and Easily

    October 31, 2019
    SHELF DECOR

    Minimalist Kitchen Shelf Decor

    February 17, 2019
  • Decluttering your Home with KIDS

    Organizing & decluttering your home with kids will change your life! Here are some tips to help ease into decluttering with your kids.  This is what helped my kids accept the decluttering process and become organized kids! How to Stay Clutter Free Here are some tips to help ease into decluttering your home with kids .  This is what helped my kids accept the decluttering process. When I started this decluttering journey I decided to tell everyone.  I found it easier to tell my children what was going on so they wouldn’t be confused.  Since my children are still young I just say, “we are getting rid of the things…

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    First Ever Bike-A-Thon

    April 16, 2018

    Tustin Police Open House

    June 27, 2018

    Fall Capsule Wardrobe For Boys

    September 28, 2018
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